So, do you remember the Samsung Galaxy View mega-tablet? It came out a few months ago in WiFi-only form, and the price dropped almost immediately because most people don't want a tablet that big. Now, Verizon is selling an LTE-enabled version that's more expensive. This is innovation.

The Galaxy View is a huge 18.4-inch 1080p tablet with a built-in kickstand and a handle. It's sort of like a little TV that you can carry around that also happens to run Android. The WiFi version is currently selling for about $550 on Amazon (it has gone up recently), and Verizon is asking $600 full price. Since this is a tablet, you have the option of doing a 2-year contract to get $100 off or paying $25 monthly over two years.

For the small number of people who actually have use for a giant tablet, the Verizon version isn't actually that badly priced. It's only a little more expensive than the WiFi-only tablet, and it will be unlocked. It also comes with 64GB of storage built-in, double what the WiFi one has.

Hey, don't knock the device. I got one of these for my kitchen. The grandkids stream Elmo and cartoons, hubby watches YouTube when cooking, my daughter streams recipe videos or movies while cooking and I get my NFL Network channel making and drinking my morning coffee.

As an added plus, it was great for a DIY video when I was trying to fix the bathroom shower as well as in the garage when I needed to get under the hood of my car.

The whole family loves this thing. As a qualifier, I got mine from a co-worker who bought it, never used it and missed the return window. I only paid about $350.

Verizon can KMA

Mark Washington

Just got mine yesterday. Absolutely love it. Also the best tablet IMO until Android N is officially announced was and still is the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 with a Logitech Keyboard. Worth every penny! With the S-Pen 4 Window - View and pop up Windows viewed through circles , you can multitask they craziness out of it . with its core apps! Only thing I changed on Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is the launcher to Google Launcher because I love Google Now

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hkklife

If they'd refresh this one with a QHD screen, Type-C connector for power and a Snapdragon 820 + 4GB RAM, I MIGHT consider one for the kitchen or the kids IF I was absolutely swimming in cash. But I'm not and they won't. Yet, Samsung releases 2 variants of this turd but still won't give us a proper 16:10 Galaxy Tab S successor that we're all waiting on?

Mark Washington

Buy it now with a Two year warranty from Best Buy. And do yourself a favor when the time comes! Solid tablet for streaming needs around the house . And perfect Netflix and chill Entertainment for bedroom!

DrakeTungsten

Ridiculously huge? What is it, 18"? (Reads details). Oh.

I'd sooner buy one of those 23" Nabi tablets for half the price (yeah the hardware's not the latest, and I think they're on clearance, but they sure look fun).

mark

Call it an "all in one", and I don't see the problem. Whilst one might prefer to run Windows on such a larger device (myself included), that applies just as much to 10" tablets - which have the problem that unlike this, they're still trying to be handheld devices but are ridiculously huge compared the pocket sized tablet I have that also happens to be a phone.

Mark Washington

Add a Bluetooth Keyboard and a Mouse and you have a legit Computer with apps.

Mark Washington

I love this tablet for home streaming.. Portable TV

Francois Roy

Remember the EVO was considered HUGE at 4.3" when it was released.. Who knows where we'll be in 2-3 years..

Prezes Dyrektor

I understand that not many people would shell out the cash for it, but i think anyone would find a lot of uses and fun out of this thing if they had it around their place. An elegant device for better times.

Nathan J

The View is kind of an anachronism, one of the only Samsung Android devices with soft keys rather than capacitive. And of course they're in the wrong order, but with root, this wrong can be righted.

It's interesting to note that, at least in the Galaxy S3, TouchWiz contains code for a navbar. It's themed, it's not the AOSP one. And of course Back is on the wrong side. Now I don't know if Android 4.x+ requires there to be one, whether it's ever used or not, but it was a neat find. (GravityBox and others have the option to flip the navbar around, and this worked on the S3 in the stock ROM.)

Cenarl

I think i want one of these for the hell of it, but I'm not buying anything that isn't Android M with some kind of adaptable storage support, whether it be native or workaround. This thing would be awesome for playing emulated games too, you could have a mario kart party anywhere.